The legacy media has talked itself into a state of hysteria over the notion that Kash Patel, if confirmed as director of the FBI, will target mainstream journalists for retribution for their years of negative coverage of Donald Trump and all in his orbit.
But how does that square with what Trump, the former and now incoming U.S. president, has actually said, and with the fact that, in recent times, it’s Democrats that appear more often accused of going after members of the media who challenge their party’s approved narrative.
"I’m worried about me — but only as much as I’m worried about all of us," MSNBC host Rachel Maddow said during an interview with CNN's Oliver Darcy in June.
The administrations under Presidents Joe Biden and Barack Obama each made efforts to unmask reporters’ sources.
